text
stringlengths 5
283
| label
class label 2
classes |
|---|---|
A surprisingly funny movie .
| 0positive
|
This new movie version of the Alexandre Dumas classic is the stuff of high romance , brought off with considerable wit .
| 0positive
|
Like all of Egoyan 's work , Ararat is fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious .
| 0positive
|
If a big musical number like ` Praise the Lord , He 's the God of Second Chances ' does n't put you off , this will be an enjoyable choice for younger kids .
| 0positive
|
... fuses the events of her life with the imagery in her paintings so vividly that the artist 's work may take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film .
| 0positive
|
-LRB- Clooney 's -RRB- debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined , but it has a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the Coen brothers and Steven Soderbergh .
| 0positive
|
Although made on a shoestring and unevenly acted , conjures a Lynch-like vision of the rotting underbelly of Middle America .
| 1negative
|
A timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices .
| 0positive
|
Rifkin 's references are ... impeccable throughout .
| 0positive
|
I 'd be lying if I said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of Kung Pow .
| 0positive
|
More than their unique residences , Home Movie is about the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it .
| 0positive
|
The movie is ingenious fun .
| 0positive
|
See it .
| 0positive
|
The script is smart and dark - hallelujah for small favors .
| 0positive
|
An intelligent , multi-layered and profoundly humanist -LRB- not to mention gently political -RRB- meditation on the values of knowledge , education , and the affects of cultural and geographical displacement .
| 0positive
|
Mr. Polanski is in his element here : alone , abandoned , but still consoled by his art , which is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival .
| 0positive
|
Spectacular in every sense of the word , even if you don ' t know an Orc from a Uruk-Hai .
| 0positive
|
This is n't exactly profound cinema , but it 's good-natured and sometimes quite funny .
| 0positive
|
This is a finely written , superbly acted offbeat thriller .
| 0positive
|
Tres Greek writer and star Nia Vardalos has crafted here a worldly-wise and very funny script .
| 0positive
|
A tasty appetizer that leaves you wanting more .
| 0positive
|
It gives devastating testimony to both people 's capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good .
| 0positive
|
The film reminds me of a vastly improved Germanic version of My Big Fat Greek Wedding -- with better characters , some genuine quirkiness and at least a measure of style .
| 0positive
|
The difference is that I truly enjoyed most of Mostly Martha while I ne
| 0positive
|
Morton deserves an Oscar nomination .
| 0positive
|
A colorful , vibrant introduction to a universal human impulse , lushly photographed and beautifully recorded .
| 0positive
|
The screenplay never lets us forget that Bourne was once an amoral assassin just like the ones who are pursuing him ... There is never really a true `` us '' versus `` them '' .
| 0positive
|
The history is fascinating ; the action is dazzling .
| 0positive
|
They just do n't work in concert .
| 1negative
|
For those in search of something different , Wendigo is a genuinely bone-chilling tale .
| 0positive
|
A lovely film for the holiday season .
| 0positive
|
A hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture .
| 0positive
|
It 's a fairy tale that comes from a renowned Indian film culture that allows Americans to finally revel in its splendor .
| 0positive
|
At once subtle and visceral , the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful , offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future .
| 0positive
|
The performances of the children , untrained in acting , have an honesty and dignity that breaks your heart .
| 0positive
|
Despite its lavish formalism and intellectual austerity , the film manages to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity .
| 0positive
|
This rush to profits has created a predictably efficient piece of business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness to create images you wish you had n't seen , which , in this day and age , is of course the point .
| 0positive
|
Adams , with four scriptwriters , takes care with the characters , who are so believable that you feel what they feel .
| 0positive
|
A completely spooky piece of business that gets under your skin and , some plot blips aside , stays there for the duration .
| 0positive
|
Superbly photographed and staged by Mendes with a series of riveting set pieces the likes of which mainstream audiences have rarely seen .
| 0positive
|
The ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance , and the writing is tight and truthful , full of funny situations and honest observations .
| 0positive
|
Not quite as miraculous as its DreamWorks makers would have you believe , but it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions .
| 0positive
|
A properly spooky film about the power of spirits to influence us whether we believe in them or not .
| 0positive
|
The lightest , most breezy movie Steven Spielberg has made in more than a decade .
| 0positive
|
And the positive change in tone here seems to have recharged him .
| 0positive
|
Like Edward Norton in American History X , Ryan Gosling -LRB- Murder By Numbers -RRB- delivers a magnetic performance .
| 0positive
|
This is a very funny , heartwarming film .
| 0positive
|
It has fun with the quirks of family life , but it also treats the subject with fondness and respect .
| 0positive
|
Rarely , indeed almost never , is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema .
| 0positive
|
The leanest and meanest of Solondz 's misanthropic comedies .
| 0positive
|
A dark , quirky road movie that constantly defies expectation .
| 0positive
|
There are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it 's going to be a trip .
| 0positive
|
Often messy and frustrating , but very pleasing at its best moments , it 's very much like life itself .
| 0positive
|
A burst of color , music , and dance that only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at .
| 0positive
|
An energetic , violent movie with a momentum that never lets up .
| 0positive
|
Lasker 's canny , meditative script distances sex and love , as Byron and Luther ... realize they ca n't get no satisfaction without the latter .
| 0positive
|
It turns out to be smarter and more diabolical than you could have guessed at the beginning .
| 0positive
|
Cage makes an unusual but pleasantly haunting debut behind the camera .
| 0positive
|
Noyce has worked wonders with the material .
| 0positive
|
It 's mostly a pleasure to watch .
| 0positive
|
And the reason for that is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence .
| 0positive
|
The Chateau is a risky venture that never quite goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy .
| 0positive
|
A very well-meaning movie , and it will stand in future years as an eloquent memorial to the World Trade Center tragedy .
| 0positive
|
There are n't many conclusive answers in the film , but there is an interesting story of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys vs. the big guys .
| 0positive
|
Vividly demonstrates that the director of such Hollywood blockbusters as Patriot Games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop .
| 0positive
|
A four star performance from Kevin Kline who unfortunately works with a two star script .
| 0positive
|
Dogtown & Z-Boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of James Dean .
| 0positive
|
Payne constructs a hilarious ode to middle America and middle age with this unlikely odyssey , featuring a pathetic , endearing hero who is all too human .
| 0positive
|
Koury frighteningly and honestly exposes one teenager 's uncomfortable class resentment and , in turn , his self-inflicted retaliation .
| 0positive
|
The Santa Clause 2 proves itself a more streamlined and thought out encounter than the original could ever have hoped to be .
| 0positive
|
Now as a former Gong Show addict , I 'll admit it , my only complaint is that we did n't get more re-creations of all those famous moments from the show .
| 0positive
|
Succeeds where its recent predecessor miserably fails because it demands that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides .
| 0positive
|
The first Bond movie in ages that is n't fake fun .
| 0positive
|
This odd , poetic road movie , spiked by jolts of pop music , pretty much takes place in Morton 's ever-watchful gaze -- and it 's a tribute to the actress , and to her inventive director , that the journey is such a mesmerizing one .
| 0positive
|
A film centering on a traditional Indian wedding in contemporary New Delhi may not sound like specialized fare , but Mira Nair 's film is an absolute delight for all audiences .
| 0positive
|
A weird and wonderful comedy .
| 0positive
|
The movie should jolt you out of your seat a couple of times , give you a few laughs , and leave you feeling like it was worth your seven bucks , even though it does turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end .
| 0positive
|
Has the capability of effecting change and inspiring hope .
| 0positive
|
A first-class , thoroughly involving B movie that effectively combines two surefire , beloved genres -- the prison flick and the fight film .
| 0positive
|
LaBute 's careful handling makes the material seem genuine rather than pandering .
| 0positive
|
In between all the emotional seesawing , it 's hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived .
| 1negative
|
But they fascinate in their recklessness .
| 0positive
|
Death to Smoochy is often very funny , but what 's even more remarkable is the integrity of DeVito 's misanthropic vision .
| 0positive
|
A beautiful , entertaining two hours .
| 0positive
|
A wonderful , ghastly film .
| 0positive
|
Amid the new populist comedies that underscore the importance of family tradition and familial community , one would be hard-pressed to find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart than Barbershop .
| 0positive
|
Parris ' performance is credible and remarkably mature .
| 0positive
|
Munch 's screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters .
| 0positive
|
He watches them as they float within the seas of their personalities .
| 0positive
|
It grabs you in the dark and shakes you vigorously for its duration .
| 0positive
|
Hashiguchi vividly captures the way young Japanese live now , chafing against their culture 's manic mix of millennial brusqueness and undying , traditional politesse .
| 0positive
|
Uneven but a lot of fun .
| 0positive
|
I know that I 'll never listen to Marvin Gaye or the Supremes the same way again
| 0positive
|
The two leads , nearly perfect in their roles , bring a heart and reality that buoy the film , and at times , elevate it to a superior crime movie .
| 0positive
|
Not as good as The Full Monty , but a really strong second effort .
| 0positive
|
Whenever it threatens to get bogged down in earnest dramaturgy , a stirring visual sequence like a surge through swirling rapids or a leap from pinnacle to pinnacle rouses us .
| 0positive
|
Unfolds as one of the most politically audacious films of recent decades from any country , but especially from France .
| 0positive
|
This real-life Hollywood fairy-tale is more engaging than the usual fantasies Hollywood produces .
| 0positive
|
The graphic carnage and re-creation of war-torn Croatia is uncomfortably timely , relevant , and sickeningly real .
| 0positive
|
Left me with the visceral sensation of longing , lasting traces of Charlotte 's web of desire and desperation .
| 0positive
|
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.